2025–26 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season
| 2025–26 season | |
|---|---|
| Chairman | Charles Grant |
| Manager | Lee Bell |
| Stadium | Gresty Road |
The 2025–26 season is the 149th season in the history of Crewe Alexandra Football Club and their fourth consecutive season in League Two. The club are participating in League Two, the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the EFL Trophy.
Transfers and contracts
In
| Date | Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 June 2025 | CB | Phil Croker | Oxford City | Undisclosed | [1] |
| 30 June 2025 | LB | Reece Hutchinson | Sligo Rovers | [2] | |
| 1 July 2025[a] | CF | Josh March | Harrogate Town | Bosman | [3] |
- ^ The transfer was announced on 22 May, and would become official on July 1 once his Harrogate contract had ended
Out
| Date | Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Ref. |
|---|
Loaned in
| Date | Pos. | Player | From | Date until | Ref. |
|---|
Loaned out
| Date | Pos. | Player | To | Date until | Ref. |
|---|
Released / Out of Contract
| Date | Pos. | Player | Subsequent club | Join date | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2025 | RB | Ryan Cooney | [4] | ||
| CF | Kane Hemmings | [4] | |||
| CF | Chris Long | [4] | |||
| LB | Lucas Sant | [4] |
New Contract
| Date | Pos. | Player | Contract until | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 June 2025 | GK | Tom Booth | 30 June 2027 | [5] |
| DM | Owen Lunt | 30 June 2026[a] | [6] | |
| 10 June 2025 | CM | Oliver Armstrong | 30 June 2026[b] | [7] |
| 16 June 2025 | CF | Jordan Hodkin | [8] | |
| 18 June 2025 | LB | Charlie Finney | 30 June 2026[a] | [9] |
| 26 June 2025 | RB | Stan Dancey | 30 June 2026[b] | [10] |
| CM | Luca Moore | [11] |
Pre-season and friendlies
On 29 May, Crewe Alexandra announced five pre-season friendlies, against Kidsgrove Athletic, Newcastle Town, Ashton United, Radcliffe and Southport.[12] Two further friendlies were confirmed in June, against Stoke City and Birmingham City[13][14]
Win Draw Loss Fixtures
| 5 July 2025 Friendly | Kidsgrove Athletic | 0–6 | Crewe Alexandra | Kidsgrove |
| 15:00 BST | Report | Stadium: Hollinwood Road |
| 8 July 2025 Friendly | Newcastle Town | v | Crewe Alexandra | Newcastle-under-Lyme |
| 19:30 BST | Stadium: Lyme Valley Stadium |
| 12 July 2025 Friendly | Ashton United | v | Crewe Alexandra | Ashton-under-Lyne |
| 13:30 BST | Stadium: Hurst Cross |
| 15 July 2025 Friendly | Radcliffe | v | Crewe Alexandra | Radcliffe |
| 19:45 BST | Stadium: Stainton Park |
| 19 July 2025 Friendly | Crewe Alexandra | v | Birmingham City | Crewe |
| 15:00 BST | Stadium: Gresty Road |
| 23 July 2025 Friendly | Crewe Alexandra | v | Stoke City | Crewe |
| 19:30 BST | Stadium: Gresty Road |
| 26 July 2025 Friendly | Southport | v | Crewe Alexandra | Blowick |
| 15:00 BST | Stadium: Haig Avenue |
Competitions
League Two
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Colchester United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Crawley Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Crewe Alexandra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Fleetwood Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Gillingham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Updated to match(es) played on 15 May 2025. Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[15]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[15]
Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: pre-season.
Source: Soccerway
Results by round
Matches
On 26 June, the League Two fixtures were released.[16]
Win Draw Loss Fixtures
| 2 August 2025 1 | Salford City | v | Crewe Alexandra | Kersal |
| 15:00 BST | Stadium: Moor Lane |
| 9 August 2025 2 | Crewe Alexandra | v | Accrington Stanley | Crewe |
| 15:00 BST | Stadium: Gresty Road |
| 16 August 2025 3 | Crewe Alexandra | v | Crawley Town | Crewe |
| 15:00 BST | Stadium: Gresty Road |
| 19 August 2025 4 | Fleetwood Town | v | Crewe Alexandra | Fleetwood |
| 19:45 BST | Stadium: Highbury Stadium |
| 23 August 2025 5 | Gillingham | v | Crewe Alexandra | Gillingham |
| 15:00 BST | Stadium: Priestfield Stadium |
| 30 August 2025 6 | Crewe Alexandra | v | Swindon Town | Crewe |
| 12:30 BST | Stadium: Gresty Road | |||
| Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved live Sky Sports broadcasting.[17] | ||||
| 6 September 2025 7 | Colchester United | v | Crewe Alexandra | Colchester |
| 15:00 BST | Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium |
| 13 September 2025 8 | Crewe Alexandra | v | Barnet | Crewe |
| 15:00 BST | Stadium: Gresty Road |
| 20 September 2025 9 | Barrow | v | Crewe Alexandra | Barrow-in-Furness |
| 15:00 BST | Stadium: Holker Street |
| 27 September 2025 10 | Crewe Alexandra | v | Notts County | Crewe |
| 12:30 BST | Stadium: Gresty Road | |||
| Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved live Sky Sports broadcasting.[17] | ||||
FA Cup
Win Draw Loss Fixtures
EFL Cup
Crewe were drawn away to Stockport County in the first round.[18][19]
Win Draw Loss Fixtures
| 12 August 2025 First round | Stockport County | v | Crewe Alexandra | Edgeley |
| 19:30 BST | Stadium: Edgeley Park |
EFL Trophy
Win Draw Loss Fixtures
Statistics
Appearances and goals
- As of pre-season
Players with no appearances are not included on the list
Italics indicate a loaned in player
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | League Two | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Trophy | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
References
- ^ "Talent Croker joins as development player". Crewe Alexandra FC. 25 June 2025. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ "Hutchinson is a Red!". Crewe Alexandra FC. 30 June 2025. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ "March joins The Railwaymen". Crewe Alexandra FC. 22 May 2025. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
- ^ a b c d "Retained List 2025 | Crewe Alexandra". Crewe Alexandra FC. 14 May 2025. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
- ^ "Booth signs up". Crewe Alexandra FC. 3 June 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ^ "Lunt pens fresh deal". Crewe Alexandra FC. 3 June 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ^ "Armstrong pens pro deal". Crewe Alexandra FC. 10 June 2025. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
- ^ "Hitman Hodkin signs pro". Crewe Alexandra FC. 16 June 2025. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
- ^ "Finney signs on dotted line". Crewe Alexandra FC. 18 June 2025. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
- ^ "Defender Dancey signs pro". Crewe Alexandra FC. 26 June 2025. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ "Pro deal for midfielder Moore". Crewe Alexandra FC. 26 June 2025. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ "Five friendlies on the road". Crewe Alexandra FC. 29 May 2025. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
- ^ "Stoke City set to visit Mornflake Stadium". Crewe Alexandra FC. 5 June 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ^ "Birmingham City are coming to town". Crewe Alexandra FC. 18 June 2025. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
- ^ "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". EFL. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
- ^ "League Two 2025/26 fixtures, dates, schedule & how to watch: Barnet host Fleetwood in opening day clash live on Sky". Sky Sports. 26 June 2025. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
- ^ a b @crewealexfc (4 July 2025). "Our Sky Bet League Two fixtures at Mornflake Stadium against Swindon Town and Notts County have been selected for broadcast on Sky Sports+" (Tweet). Retrieved 4 July 2025 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Carabao Cup Round One confirmed". English Football League. 26 June 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
- ^ "Stockport County (Carabao Cup First Round)". Crewe Alexandra FC. 4 July 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.